MORNING WORSHIP: 8:45 AND 11:00 A

FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF WAUWATOSA

October 29, 2006

MORNING WORSHIP 8:45 A.M.

The Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost/Reformation Day

WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS Rev. Steven A. Peay, Ph.D.

(Please pass the red pew pads now. If you are a guest this Sunday,

we would love to greet you following the service or at coffee hour in the Social Hall.)

PRELUDE Pastorale on a XII Century Melody Edmundson

CHIMES AND TOWER BELLS

CALL TO WORSHIP Rev. Robert J. Brink

Liturgist: Open our eyes, O Lord.

People: Open our eyes, O Lord, as you opened the eyes of Bartimaeus.

Liturgist: Open our eyes, O Lord, as you opened the eyes of Luther, Calvin, Barrow, Browne, Penry, Robinson and all the Reformers to see the Church anew.

People: Open our eyes to see your goodness and compassion that we may love as you love.

Liturgist: Open our eyes to see your mercy and peace that we may care as you care.

ALL: Open the eyes of our hearts that we may be your Church, your people for a time like this!

*HYMN 363 A Mighty Fortress Is Our God

*CHORAL CALL TO WORSHIP

*INVOCATION AND LORD’S PRAYER (unison)

Almighty God, gracious Lord, pour out your Spirit upon your faithful people. Keep them steadfast in your Word, protect and comfort them in all temptations; defend them against every evil, and bestow on the church your saving peace. Reform us again and again until we become instruments of your love and peace; through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who taught us to pray:

Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come,

Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread;

and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not

into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom,

and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.

*GLORIA PATRI

A WORD ON WHAT BEING CHURCH MEANS TO ME Maggie Peed

NEW TESTAMENT LESSON Hebrews 7:23-28 Bible, page 1093

*PSALMODY Psalm 34 sung to the tune ‘St. Stephens’

{Children ages 3 through 8th grade are dismissed to Sunday School during the singing of the hymn.}

Unto the Lord my praise I sing,

God’s goodness ever bless;

The proud convictions of my soul

Speak of God’s righteousness.

Come, magnify the Lord with me!

Together bring God praise,

Whose presence overcomes all fear,

And glory lights our days.

O taste and see, the Lord is good!

How blest are they who place

Reliance on God’s steadfast love,

And trust God’s saving grace.

So great the trial of the just,

Yet greater is God’s will,

That from the threat’ning chill of death

God’s truth redeems us still.

GOSPEL LESSON Mark 10:46-52 Bible, page 922

ANTHEM Christ Hath a Garden Near

SERMON “Church for a Time Like This” Dr. Peay

HYMN OF RESPONSE 391 Be Thou My Vision

CALL TO PRAYER and SILENT MEDITATION Rev. Samuel R. Schaal

PRAYER OF PEOPLE AND MINISTER

CHORAL RESPONSE TO PRAYER

OFFERTORY

ANTHEM Hymnus Beethoven

*DOXOLOGY

*PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING AND DEDICATION

{the Minister begins the prayer and then invites us to join with one voice:}

Accept, O God, the tokens of our love and signs of pledge and commitment which we make today. By your word of blessing and grace, may they blossom forth as leaves on a tree, as flowers in our hearts, as blessings in your kingdom, as joy in Jesus Christ and may a difference be made as we seek to be your people at this time and in this place. Amen.

*HYMN 223 O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing

*THE CHARGE AND BENEDICTION

*CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE

*THE POSTLUDE Toccata in d minor Bach

*The congregation is invited to stand, if able.

The Chancel flowers are given by Dick and Sandy Buchman in memory of Norm Ream.

Worship Preview for Sunday, November 5, 2006 ~ 8:45 & 11:00 a.m.

Next Week: Fifth Congregational Symposium! Our special guest during worship will be the Rev. Dr. Geraint Tudur, General Secretary of the Union of Welsh Independents (Congregationalists).

We will celebrate All Saints/All Souls Sunday with “Roll of Remembrance.”

Thomas Gregory is the organist.

Lee Jacobi directs the Pilgrim Choir at 8:45 and the Chancel Choir at 11:00 a.m.

Christ hath a garden walled around,

A paradise of fruitful ground,

Chosen by love and fenced by grace

From out the world's wide wilderness.

Like trees of spice his servants stand,

There planted by his mighty hand;

By Eden's gracious streams, that flow

To feed their beauty where they grow.

Awake, O wind of heaven and bear

Their sweetest perfume throughout the air;

Stir up, O south, the boughs that bloom,

Till the beloved Master come:

That he may come, and linger yet

Among the trees that he hath set;

That he may evermore be seen

To walk amid the springing green.